Amino acid which lacks chirality is
Correct Answer: Glycine
Description: The α-carbon of amino acids has four different groups attached to it and so is a chiral or asymmetric carbon.
The only amino acid which does not have four different groups attached to α-carbon is glycine, i.e. glycine does not have chiral carbon or chirality.
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